REFORMED DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE COUNCIL APPOINTED

12 Aug 2013

Ms Goward said the role of the NSW Domestic and Family Violence (DFV) Council is to advise the NSW Government on all aspects of domestic and family violence policy and programs.

"The Liberals and Nationals Government have established the Council to include members from both government and non-government to ensure that all stakeholders can work together in a more collaborative fashion," Ms Goward said.

"The Council is directly connected to, and aligned with, the ‘It Stops Here’ Reforms we are implementing in the domestic and family violence sector. One of our main priorities under the Reforms is a more proactive and collective response to domestic and family violence, with a strong focus on early intervention and prevention.

"For this to happen, strong collective leadership is required between service providers like NSW Police Force, the courts, NSW Health and the non-government sector to ensure the changes introduced are effective, sustainable and consistent across NSW.

"Between them, the eight new non-government members have many decades of experience working not only with women, children and families affected by domestic violence, but with perpetrators, men’s groups and in male behaviour change - both at the front-line in services, as well as in policy, advocacy and reform," Ms Goward said.